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Wandsworth, London [2]

Acton, Suffolk [1]

Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1]

Burton, Co. Pembroke [1]

Canterbury [1]

Cape Town [1]

Cork [1]

County Cork [1]

County Dublin [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Devon [1]

Dundee [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Frimley, Surrey, England [1]

Garatchpur [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Greenwich [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kingston [1]

London [1]

Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1]

Manchester [1]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [1]

Mengo [1]

Missouri [1]

Muswell Hill, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1]

Penang, Straits Settlements at the time [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rawalpindi [1]

Redhill [1]

Saintfield, Co. Down [1]

Shropham, Norfolk [1]

Sibton, Suffolk [1]

Thanet Registration District, Kent [1]

Truro, Cornwall [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [197]

Serjeant [178]

Signaller [165]

Lieutenant [161]

Second Lieutenant [126]

Captain [121]

Signalman [102]

Corporal [100]

Staff Serjeant [58]

Sapper [42]

Major [30]

Pioneer [28]

Lance Corporal [27]

Regimental Serjeant Major [17]

Driver [15]

Honorary Captain [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Acting Captain [14]

Honorary Lieutenant [14]

Temporary Captain [14]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Gunner [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lance Captain [10]

Serjeant Major [10]

Sub Conductor [10]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [10]

Temporary Major [8]

Honorary Major [7]

Colonel [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Agent [5]

Conductor [5]

Staff Serjeant Instructor [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Major [3]

Commissary [3]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Instructor [3]

Interpreter [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Indian Unattached List [602]

East Africa Unattached List [374]

Royal Signals [312]

East African Mounted Rifles [94]

Unattached List [87]

Royal Engineers [85]

East African Forces [59]

East African Labour Corps [44]

Royal Corps of Signals [38]

East Africa Pay Corps [34]

East African Unattached List [32]

East African Regiment [30]

East African Transport Corps [25]

King's African Rifles [23]

East Africa Supply Corps [22]

East African Political Department [21]

East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

East African Motor Transport Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

East African Intelligence Department [14]

Intelligence Department [14]

Unattached List Indian Army [14]

Royal Highlanders [13]

East African Pioneer Company [12]

East Africa Censors Department [11]

East African Unattached and Miscellaneous List [11]

East Africa Veterinary Corps [10]

Indian Army [10]

General List [9]

Indian Signal Corps [9]

Indian Unattached List Indian Army [9]

Uganda Unattached List [9]

Belfield Scouts [8]

East African Force [8]

Hussars [8]

Uganda Police [8]

Corps of Military Staff Clerks [7]

De Jager's Scouts [7]

Divisional Signal Company [7]

Magadi Defence Force [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Indian Army Unattached List [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Arab Rifles [5]

East African Ordnance Department [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1315]

Indian Army [36]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

S [127]

M [113]

C [112]

H [104]

W [95]

P [92]

G [69]

L [69]

R [61]

D [52]

T [49]

F [46]

J [44]

A [38]

K [29]

E [25]

N [24]

O [13]

V [9]

I [8]

Y [8]

U [2]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1318]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [6]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [1321] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wandsworth, London [2] Acton, Suffolk [1] Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Birmingham [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1] Burton, Co. Pembroke [1] Canterbury [1] Cape Town [1] Cork [1] County Cork [1] County Dublin [1] Darjeeling [1] Devon [1] Dundee [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Frimley, Surrey, England [1] Garatchpur [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Greenwich [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Kensington, London [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kingston [1] London [1] Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1] Manchester [1] Market Drayton, Shropshire [1] Mengo [1] Missouri [1] Muswell Hill, Middlesex [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1] Penang, Straits Settlements at the time [1] Portsmouth [1] Rawalpindi [1] Redhill [1] Saintfield, Co. Down [1] Shropham, Norfolk [1] Sibton, Suffolk [1] Thanet Registration District, Kent [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [197] Serjeant [178] Signaller [165] Lieutenant [161] Second Lieutenant [126] Captain [121] Signalman [102] Corporal [100] Staff Serjeant [58] Sapper [42] Major [30] Pioneer [28] Lance Corporal [27] Regimental Serjeant Major [17] Driver [15] Honorary Captain [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Acting Captain [14] Honorary Lieutenant [14] Temporary Captain [14] Colour Serjeant [13] Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Gunner [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lance Captain [10] Serjeant Major [10] Sub Conductor [10] Warrant Officer Class 1 [10] Temporary Major [8] Honorary Major [7] Colonel [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Agent [5] Conductor [5] Staff Serjeant Instructor [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Major [3] Commissary [3] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Instructor [3] Interpreter [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Indian Unattached List [602] East Africa Unattached List [374] Royal Signals [312] East African Mounted Rifles [94] Unattached List [87] Royal Engineers [85] East African Forces [59] East African Labour Corps [44] Royal Corps of Signals [38] East Africa Pay Corps [34] East African Unattached List [32] East African Regiment [30] East African Transport Corps [25] King's African Rifles [23] East Africa Supply Corps [22] East African Political Department [21] East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] East African Motor Transport Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] East African Intelligence Department [14] Intelligence Department [14] Unattached List Indian Army [14] Royal Highlanders [13] East African Pioneer Company [12] East Africa Censors Department [11] East African Unattached and Miscellaneous List [11] East Africa Veterinary Corps [10] Indian Army [10] General List [9] Indian Signal Corps [9] Indian Unattached List Indian Army [9] Uganda Unattached List [9] Belfield Scouts [8] East African Force [8] Hussars [8] Uganda Police [8] Corps of Military Staff Clerks [7] De Jager's Scouts [7] Divisional Signal Company [7] Magadi Defence Force [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Indian Army Unattached List [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Arab Rifles [5] East African Ordnance Department [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1315] Indian Army [36] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] S [127] M [113] C [112] H [104] W [95] P [92] G [69] L [69] R [61] D [52] T [49] F [46] J [44] A [38] K [29] E [25] N [24] O [13] V [9] I [8] Y [8] U [2] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1318]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [6] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1]

H Ely

British Army Major Unattached List

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G H Tomlinson

Indian Army 7249 Serjeant Unattached List

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A T Mccallum

British Army Staff Nurse Unattached List

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B Hopkinson

British Army Major Unattached List

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C L Macdonald

British Army Captain Unattached List

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A Dymott

British Army 16 Company Serjeant Major Unattached List

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W G Gabain

British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List

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G A Harris

British Army Major Unattached List

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S H Piper

British Army Second Lieutenant /Temporary Major Unattached List

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A S Rooke

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Unattached List

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F G Trobridge

British Army Temporary Major/Captain General List/Unattached List

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Thomas William Hathway Jones

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army Major East Africa Unattached List

British Army Indian Army

British Army Major Indian Army Unattached List

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Eric Walter Powell

Born 1886

Died 1933

British Army Captain /Temporary Major Unattached List/Royal Flying Corps

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Edmund Ronald Macmullen

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

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Douglas Lionel Payne Edwards

British Army Lieutenant Dental Surgeon

British Army Lieutenant Unattached List

British Army Captain Unattached List

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Edward S Kahaya

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Uganda Unattached List

British Army Lieutenant Uganda Unattached List

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James Francis Waterlow

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Border Regiment

British Army Colonel Unattached List

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Unattached List

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Charles Edwin Laurence Harris

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 3/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

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Michael James Aloysius Foley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Wilson's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps.

British Army Captain The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 10th (Territorial) Battalion)

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Arthur Dawson Milne

Born 1867

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Africa Medical Supplies

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Africa Unattached List

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